Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-17
PKOMINENI f. MALES.
The Sister and ID tighter of Horace
Greeley-OIher Literary Women.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-ln a couple OF
dlmlnutlye rooms in Broadway hotel
uves Mrs. h. Greeley Cleveland, the
sister of Horace Greeley. Two years ago
Der dau. hter, Marguer te. who, like Caleb
Plummer TO inc Bind Der ha was the
ewes and ears OF her Invalid mother, died
very suddenly Of pneumonia. Since then
Tue sister OF the great journalist has borne
her q Oss alone, for her surviving G2ugh-
ter Is, to, az invalid, frequently dema d.
ing tue aid and comfort or her mother,
her sell feeble and dependent.
Still with al her viciasItudes this
queenly woman bears her burden OF lite
with martyrs forlitude, aud occasion
ally brings her owu lit world about her,
a in Tie old times when her salon was
sought by all the literary magnates of be
Period. A lew days ago she gathered
about her a c0terIe o. well-known people
u meet her niece, Gabrielle Greeley. the
only surviving daughter of the Sage OF
Chappaqua.
Gabrielle is a wonderfully striking
brunette beauty, of the Grecian type.
Although rising 80, her splendid vitality
aud glowing magnetism are sucn that no
me would Judge her 10 be beyond the
tWentles. Her mission in lie is a charity
school attached to the Episcopal Church
At Chappaqua, whore she lives on tue
ancestral Gree ey estate, purchased by
ner few years ago, when no ChappAqudu
was ~ DefOund~ ungallalL enough to old
AGAINST this far Samaritan. Ateer schOo
there came, two evenings in the week,
WORKING men and women, with children
OF all ages. These are Q aIous deVOtets
If the enterprise, who otherwise won q
lack The means and opportunity OF edu
cation. The charitable duties OF her sell
elected calling have not worn upon Mis-,
4 all nd ~. in hn
parlpr of ner fathers sister W tn all the
x ace and SAVIOR fare of society belle.
There were some curious conJretemps in
the gathering on this occasion Of p O,ie
who had not met In years and who never
speak as they pass by. There was Mrs.
Martha }. Lamb, whose successful liter
ary achievement in ner important HIS.
/ nv UI New YORK." 80 paied the "inet-
fectual hIes' # that less fortunate wri.er
OF local uist ry, the venerable NJ IS NJ. l..
| Booth, that an armed neutrality has been
established and maintained between
them. Mrs. Lambs historical prowess
opened To ner the highest social circle OF
! TIE metropolis, wnIle MISS Booth re-
mains "unhOnOred and unsung' in tn
charmed circ q OF the upper ten. Her
disappoint m.ut has sour her not q
little, aud although past middle life LOOKS
even Older.
mere 100, WAS MIS-. r.lne Ll Ucu DOfta,
one OF he pIOnt ers among lite AIRY wom-
en- OF New EorS. In per drawing room
nearly nifty years ago Edgar Alan PIE,
William Cullen Bryant and FitZ Green
II Heck were nabitues, and there Poe first
revealed himself as the author Of tine
Raven" Mis-. BpIta, tneu Miss Lyuch.
the literary school teacher, SCI ms To have
drunG OF The elk oil lie, and Is still ii
leader in the cOterie of lteratOVs that
occasionally gather at her hospitable
manson.
Mrs Frank leslie was there, too. Like
Ms. Cleveland, y devout Romanist, she
has euppor ed her by true womariy
sympathy in the DAYS Of her anguish and
/ trial. Mrs. Leslie 10 As Omely and brill
liant as in the DAYS when she fascinated
the elder Leslie aud queened II with
imperial sway at the roy al villa on Sara
| toea Lake.
Mrs. A. i. DreXel, the great bankers
| wife, WAS also C! noSure on the occasion
! Sue is a Jealous patroness OF literary and
musical geniuses aud entered into the
! spirit of the moment with the zesJ of the
! dlettantes, unhampered BY the DONNA
! lion OF literary toll. 1t was a happy day
| for the Gre eleys. but | wondered as 10
! Miss Booths reflections as she went UP
! town to her cheerless home, where in the
basement a Hebrew physician dlsplays
! his siGnl CULPEPPER